Career
Prior to enlisting, Thomas Wigle was a Concert Violinist, Kansas City Philharmonic Wigle joined the Army from Detroit, Michigan, and by September 14, 1944 was serving as a second lieutenant in Company K, 135th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division. On that day, in Monte Frassino, Italy, Wigle assumed command of a platoon and led an assault on a heavily fortified German position. He single-handedly attacked three German-held houses before being wounded.
He died of his wounds two days later and, on February 7, 1945, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.
Wigle, aged 35 at his death, was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington County, Virginia.
